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Events in Garden for 3 Weeks Send Knicks on Rocky N.B.A. Road for 8 Games

By SAM GOLDAPER ();

January 03, 1978,

, Section Sports, Page 38, Column , words

[ DISPLAYING ABSTRACT ]

It was in mid-July and the Knicks had just completed their training camp for rookies when Eddie Donovan, the general manager, and Willis Reed, the coach, saw the first version of the National Basketball Association schedule. Almost immediately concern was expressed by Madison Square Garden executives, by the players and by the people who sell tickets.

January 03, 1978

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